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"His enemies," Abdu'l- Baha, referring to this same theme, has written, "intended that His imprisonment should completely destroy and annihilate the blessed Cause, but this prison was, in reality, of the greatest assistance, and became the means of its development." "...This illustrious Being," He, moreover has affirmed, "uplifted His Cause in the Most Great Prison. From this Prison His light was shed abroad; His fame conquered the world, and the proclamation of His glory reached the East and the West." "His light at first had been a star; now it became a mighty sun." "Until our time," He, moreover has affirmed, "no such thing has ever occurred." (196:1) Little wonder that, in view of so remarkable a reversal in the circumstances attending the twenty- four years of His banishment to Akka, Baha'u'llah Himself should have penned these weighty words: "The Almighty ... hath transformed this Prison- House into the Most Exalted Paradise, the Heaven of Heavens."
(196:2)
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